Marlboro Fly Show - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

saltydog · 01-14-2008, 08:54 AM

Will be there Friday only doing a TYING DEMO. if your around stop by if not see you at PLUG FEST

GOOD LUCK GOOD TYIN

saltfly · 01-14-2008, 11:13 AM

I'm going up on friday and staying over night.are you going to be on "tyers row"?I'll come by to say hello.

Pete_G · 01-14-2008, 02:33 PM

I think I'll be doing a walk through Friday or Saturday.

Hopefully the weather behaves for visitors and especially for vendors. Vendors invest so much to be there and this weekend is infamous for record cold and record snowstorms. Mother Nature has a bad habit of ramping up just in time for Marlboro.

The Blizzard of '05 and being stranded in a hotel, doing zero business on Sunday and very little Saturday, the show staff NOT allowing us to pack up and go home to take care of family and friends, a drive home that took 8 hours in a busted rental truck, and more, has permanently scarred my perception of fly fishing shows in late January.

Oh, and missing many quality Patriot's games. I love that too.

striperman36 · 01-14-2008, 02:45 PM

The show staff has done quite a bit to make me no longer want to go to that show. I would rather drive 4 hours to SOMERSET NJ than drive 10 min to the MARLBORO show.

Pete_G · 01-15-2008, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by striperman36

The show staff has done quite a bit to make me no longer want to go to that show. I would rather drive 4 hours to SOMERSET NJ than drive 10 min to the MARLBORO show.

Same staff. But I agree, Somerset is a much stronger show.

striperman36 · 01-15-2008, 01:09 PM

They've really cut down access to non-profits like UTF, NEFF, and such. It's been a real hassle. I stopped going when they started charging us for a table.
The vendors where always excellent no complaints there. I just did like the way we were handled.

5 String Bass · 01-22-2008, 11:08 AM

That's a shame that it got that kind of response out of you guys. As a customer, I liked the show. Not having been to it previously and since I'm not about to go to NJ, I don't have anything to compare it too. I DID get to see a lot of cool tying and oodles of gear. I got a few good deals on materials and enjoyed the casting demonstrations. Maybe in the future, they could bring the show a little closer to home with different staff...

saltfly · 01-22-2008, 12:11 PM

well 5 string,i've been to marlboro since it's inception and boxborough prior.Over the last 5 years or so it's gone down steadily and quickly.Alot of the vendors can't afford the expense of the entire trip.This year i stayed overnight at the best western so i could take in the seminars and pick up some materials.In the case of obtaining good feathers,bucktails,etc. it was the worst so far hands down.I did get a couple of decent items but it was slim pickins.I'm not looking for a bargain[ok too]just quality first.the seminars were pretty good and i picked up a few"tips".The casting area was boardering on useless.they didn't "bother"to put some water in the area[a 1st].On the good side the tyers row & tyers were very accessable.If you were interested in purchasing a rod there or in the future it was good to get your hands-on and ask questions.As far as this was your 1st trip to the show and "you" enjoyed yourself then that's what counts.There are a few shows upcoming that you can get to fairly close by.The Bears Den in taunton,The Saltwater Edge in Newport R.I.,and the R.I. show in Providence.I look at it this way;Did "I" get anything out of going to these shows?Honestly,every single one of the shows I've ever been to it was worth the price in knowledge gained.